Johnathan Hundertmark

​Thesis Statement: stephen king has been a succesful author through his numerous writings because he has sold many books, wrote successful series, and recieved various awards
I. sold many books
A. over 350 million writings sold
1. he has published and sold: short storys, novels, and movies
2. he's been selling published writing since 1979
B. pen-names
1. he's sold 7 popular books under the pen name Richard Bachman
2. he published a short story under the name John Swithen

II. wrote succesful series
A. The Dark Towers series
1. a 7 books long interconnecting series
2. king rewrote the series into comic form with marvel comics and over 200,000 copies were sold in the first month of releasment
B. television series
1. has had 4 television series, currently has a series that airs on the sci-fi channel
2. one of the more succesful series was 'Kingdom Hospital" in 2004 which was based on Lars Von Trier's The Kingdom

III. recieved various awards
A. recieved many awards for books in the horror genre
1. recieved the locus award 6 times
2. recieved the international horror guild award in 1999 for The Storm of The Century
B. recieved other misc awards
1. Stephen King recieved the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation
2. was also awarded the American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults

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http://www.answers.com/topic/stephen-king
king, stephen. "answers.com." http://www.answers.com/topic/stephen-king. answers.com, 8/15/08. Web. 30 Apr 2010. <http://www.answers.com/topic/stephen-king>.

1. sold over 350,000 million coppies
2. makes atleast 1 novel a year
3. books have a combination of horror, fantasy, and science fiction
4. many novels have been addapted into different languages
5. writing has alot of detail and realistic settings, and problems that can relate to average people
6. has supernatural themes in his book
7. sometimes bases his books off older famous books, such as dracula
8. has a bachelor of arts degree in english
9. wrote the famous horror movie and book It
10. writes many horror books
11. still writes like he was when he was young. uses alot of detail and masters horror
12. life influences his work
13. writes his books about self experiences, such as car accidents
14. many of his books are considered horror classics
15. because kings horror is more physcological then physically depicted it is good for teenaged readers
16. is a member of the: Authors Guild, Authors League of America, Screen Artists Guild, Screen Writers of America, Writers Guild
17. influenced by edgar allen poe
18. retired in 2002
19. wrote a final book about how to write well, a writing manual.
20. writes 6 pages every day

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000175/

king, stephen. "imbd.com." http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000175/. imbd.com, 4/23/09. Web. 30 Apr 2010. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000175/.

1. nominated for a USC Scripter Award for The Green Mile
2. won a Best Screenplay award for Sleepwalkers
3. based his book Stand By Me on his childhood
4. started writings in news papers with his brother
5. made his first published appearance in 1965
6. first book he wrote was rejected by random house
7. got a writing scholarship to the university of maine
8. Stephen King recieved the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation
9. got a $400,000 contract for his first published book, carrie
10. The movie The Shining was adapted from his book in 1977
11. is going blind due to macular degeneration
12. makes an average yearly salary of 40 million
13. he's sold 7 popular books under the pen name Richard Bachman
14. wrote a 304 page novel that got published in only 10 days
15. has the world record for most number of adaptions from book to media then any single person
16. has been nominated for 2 emmys
17. has written 116 items
18. produced 9 movies
19. acted in 7 of his movies
20. won a USC Scripter Award for the shawshank redemption

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/k/stephen_king/index.html
king, stephen. "how to write, what is he trying to prove." ny times 7/25/08: na. Web. 2 May 2010. <http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/k/stephen_king/index.html>.

1. writes in any conditions
2. teachers dissaproved of his writings
3. based his stories on his childhood
4. writes dark themed litterature
5. is normally praised by critics
6. wrote a book about how to write books
7. is interesting to people of all ages
8. the amount of years of experience makes his writings unique
9. writes about many different topics
10. has a creative mind
11. says reading many books helps you write good
12. doesnt like using adverbs in writing
13. prefers using says or said instead of more fancy terms
14. is part of a elite best selling authors group
15. has 30 bestselling books
16. tries to be the best writer so he can get to #1
17. 20 new york times best-sellers
18. fhas worked with manyt different publishsers
19. gets a $2 million advance on every book
20. uses to be continued in some novels

http://www.stephenking.com/awards.html
king, stephen. "stepehn king awards." stephen kings official website-awards. long road inc, 4/31/10. Web. 2 May 2010. <http://www.stephenking.com/awards.html>.

1. won an alex award in 2009 for Just After Sunset
2. nominated for 10 balrog awards
3. won 1 balrog award his novel The Stand
4. won the Dark Genre Novel of the Year award by Reader's Choice in 2009 for dumas key
5. nominated for 12 british fantasy awards
6. won 5 britsh fantasy awards
7. won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the canadian booksellers association
8. won the best international novel award 7 times
9. nominated for the international author of the year
10. won 6 awards from the horror guild
11. nominated for many bram stroker awards from 87 to 09
12. nominated for 12 International Horror Guild Awards
13. recieved 2 American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults awards for Firestarter and Salems Lot
14. nominated for over 20 locus awards
15. titled the World Horror Grandmaster in 92'
16. nominated for 19 world fantasy awards
17. recieved the Alumni Career Award from his college The University of Maine
18. titled the best fiction writer of the year by US Magzine in 1982
19. nominated for around 200 awards
20. Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters